Woman Arrested In Connecticut In Florida Child Death Case

MANSFIELD, CT — A woman was arrested on an extradition warrant in Mansfield Friday as part of an investigation into the death of her 12-year-old stepchild in Florida, state police said.

According to the warrant, Samarial Dubose, 30, of Palm Bay, FL, was taken into custody at about 6 a.m. at a residence in Mansfield. Palm Bay police had contacted Connecticut State Police and asked them to check on Dubose and her three children at the home on River Road, according to the warrant.

A few days earlier, the child of a man identified by authorities as Dubose's boyfriend, Jason Godleski, was found dead at their Florida home. Godleski, was arrested and is considered "a person of interest" in the child's death, according to the warrant.

According t0 the warrant, before his arrest, Godleski drove Dubose and three children to a gas station in Connecticut and then drove back to Florida. After Godleski was taken into custody, investigators determined Dubose was also involved in the Florida death, according to a warrant.

Records show Florida police then secured an arrest warrant for Dubose for aggravated manslaughter of a child and failure to report a death. Connecticut State Police then obtained an extradition warrant for Dubose and took her into custody in Mansfield.

Dubose was still listed at being in custody in Connecticut Monday on a $500,000 bond.